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 Sisymbrium officinale (L.) Scop., it is an annual herb, erect, stiffly branched, 20-50 cm tall, hairy with simple, rigid, reflexed hairs. Basal leaves rosulate, deeply pinnatisect with ± rounded terminal lobes, stalked, irregularly toothed; cauline leaves smaller with a narrow, often hastate terminal lobe. , Life Form: Th,   Flowering in: Mar-Apr,   Vern:———,   Phytochoria: Cosm, The native range of this species is Macaronesia, Europe to Central Asia and W. & N. Iran, N. Africa.  Notes: a rare and probably introduced, I did not find a recent registration for species yet in Libya..

For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:289589-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/289589-1,  https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000432010, https://www.gbif.org/species/3046890,https://flora.org.il/en/plants/SISOFF/,    https://inpn.mnhn.fr/espece/cd_nom/123863/tab/fiche, https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/species/sisymbrium/officinale/, https://www.actaplantarum.org/flora/flora_info.php?id=501324, https://swbiodiversity.org/seinet/taxa/index.php?taxon=1153&clid=54

 

Distribution in Libya
Benghazi Plain
Reported from Benghazi, Fuehat 1918, by Pampanini and Keith

 

Bibliographic references:  
First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan:  
Ali, S.I. & Jafri, S.M.H. (1977) Flora of Libya, Brassicaceae Vol. (23) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya.
Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses , Sorted by Newest: pdf files
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